SWINE EXHIBITORS

As you all are aware, this is the first year for the Saunders County Fair being a non-terminal show. You will have the option to take pigs home on Sunday at release time or sell them to Tyson Foods. The only pigs required to ship are the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion overall market hogs and any pig sold through the auction. However, with that there have been some changes to check in and requirements.

Everyone is required to do the following:

Sign and turn in Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. County Fair Swine Affidavit (attached and in your exhibitor packet) at time of check in regardless if you are selling or not. This will help with record keeping.

All fees must be paid in the 4-H office before you check in.

If you choose to sell your pig(s), the following must be completed by the time you check in:

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. County Fair Swine Affidavit (attached and in your exhibitor packet) must be filled out and turned in at time of check in. If you do not turn this in, your pigs will not be shipped to harvest.

All pigs that are designated as harvest will be tattooed on Thursday. Time will be announced at check in. A representative of your family must be at your pens to validate the correct pigs are being tattooed.

Check-in will be as follows:

Weigh in and carcass scanning: Wednesday July 31st 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Weigh in only: Wednesday July 31st 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Scanning fee of $1/head and auction fee of $1/head must be paid to the fair office before checking in your pigs on Wednesday.

Breeding Gilts:

This is the first year for the breeding gilt show, all breeding gilts are released on Sunday at release time. Gilt classes will be determined after check in. Breeding gilts cannot be shown in the market show, market gilts cannot be shown in the breeding show.

Herdsmanship

Stalling information will be posted in the respective barns and also outside the 4-H Office

Herdsmanship

Stalling information will be posted in the respective barns and also outside the 4-H Office

Static Building Information

Calling all Clover Kids who turned in static projects. Come to the west doors of the 4H building (patio of Open Class) and find a 4H volunteer (look for the bright yellow shirts) to sign up for an interview with one of our youth 4H volunteers. This will give kids the chance to see what it is like to interview for a project and hopefully encourage them to continue interview judging as they grow. Process will be first come, first serve. No need to sign up!

Times are 9:30am to 2:00pm on Wednesday July 31st, 2019.

Static Exhibit Release Time = 12 Noon – 2:00 PM, Sunday, August 4

State Fair Static Exhibits (non-perishable) will be KEPT AT FAIRGROUNDS between county fair and state fair. - NEW

* You have the option to take the items home from the fair if you'd like, however drop off times will be the same as perishable items.

•Perishable items will be asked to be brought to Extension Office August 19 between 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and August 20 8:00 a.m. - 12 Noon.

4-H Shirt Fundraiser

Show your love and support for Saunders County 4-H with a new t-shirt! The Saunders County 4-H Council is sponsoring a t-shirt fundraiser to support Saunders County 4-H. Check out these awesome new t-shirts available to order. Many more options are available on the website!

2019 Theresa Wilson Photography Theme: NEBRASKA STRONG

Shooting Sports Practices

There will be shooting sports practices on July 8th, 15th, and 22nd from 6-8 p.m. in the Commercial Building at the Saunders County Fairgrounds

Waggin' Tails Dog Club Practices

Waggin' Tails will be meeting at the fairgrounds on Sunday nights starting at 6:30 pm. Contact Hannah Peterson or Sue DuBois for more information.

Top Curriculum Exhibitor Contest

2019 SC 4-H Friends Foundation Fundraiser

2019 Silent Auction “Keep Saunders County Rolling” will be the slogan for this year’s silent auction. o Cole will direct 4-H clubs (via email) to construct a project that somehow uses wheels of some sort or something that puts things into motion or that has been used to keep things in motion (ie: fiber optics, wagon wheels, tires, etc). The auction items will be on display and up for bidding during the fair.

o A “Buy Now” option price will be set upon the 4-H Club’s suggestion. Bidding will continue on items that haven’t been purchased through the “Buy Now” option and will be finalized through a Live Auction Sunday evening prior to the Livestock Auction

State Fair Deadlines

2019 Nebraska State Fair Discount Tickets

The discount tickets available for 4-H static exhibitors at the Nebraska State Fair will no longer be sold through county offices. The Nebraska State Fair is developing a new discount ticket option for 4-H static exhibitors and we will share those details as soon as they are available. The Nebraska State Fair has several great NEW discount ticket options for families already available online. Please visithttps://www.statefair.org/buy-tickets for details regarding options available now until midnight on August 22nd.